How To Install rclone on CentOS 8
rclone is Rsync for cloud storage
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rclone on CentOS 8.
What is rclone
Rclone is a command line program to sync files and directories to and from various cloud services.
We can use yum or dnf to install rclone on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install rclone.
Install rclone on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install rclone using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install rclone
Install rclone on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install rclone using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install rclone
How To Uninstall rclone on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the rclone package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove rclone
rclone Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/rclone
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/77
/usr/lib/.build-id/77/9631fda08b12fa5afd2ffc9725996878efb44e
/usr/share/doc/rclone
/usr/share/doc/rclone/CONTRIBUTING.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/MAINTAINERS.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/MANUAL.html
/usr/share/doc/rclone/MANUAL.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/README.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/RELEASE.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/README.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/config.json
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/_index.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/alias.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/amazonclouddrive.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/authors.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/azureblob.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/b2.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/box.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/bugs.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/cache.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/changelog.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/chunker.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_about.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_authorize.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_backend.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_cat.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_check.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_cleanup.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_config.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_config_create.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_config_delete.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_config_disconnect.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_config_dump.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_config_edit.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_config_file.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_config_password.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_config_providers.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_config_reconnect.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_config_show.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_config_update.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_config_userinfo.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_copy.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_copyto.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_copyurl.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_cryptcheck.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_cryptdecode.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_dedupe.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_delete.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_deletefile.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_genautocomplete.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_genautocomplete_bash.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_genautocomplete_fish.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_genautocomplete_zsh.md
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/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_hashsum.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_link.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_listremotes.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_ls.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_lsd.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_lsf.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_lsjson.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_lsl.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_md5sum.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_mkdir.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_mount.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_move.md
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/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_ncdu.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_obscure.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_purge.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_rc.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_rcat.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_rcd.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_rmdir.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_rmdirs.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_selfupdate.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_serve.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_serve_dlna.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_serve_ftp.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_serve_http.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_serve_restic.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_serve_sftp.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_serve_webdav.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_settier.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_sha1sum.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_size.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_sync.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_test.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_test_histogram.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_test_info.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_test_makefiles.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_test_memory.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_touch.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_tree.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_version.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/compress.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/contact.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/crypt.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/docs.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/donate.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/downloads.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/drive.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/dropbox.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/faq.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/fichier.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/filefabric.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/filtering.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/flags.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/ftp.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/googlecloudstorage.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/googlephotos.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/gui.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/hdfs.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/http.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/hubic.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/install.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/install.sh
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/jottacloud.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/koofr.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/licence.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/local.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/mailru.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/mega.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/memory.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/onedrive.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/opendrive.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/overview.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/pcloud.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/premiumizeme.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/privacy.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/putio.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/qingstor.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/rc.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/remote_setup.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/s3.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/seafile.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/sftp.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/sharefile.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/sugarsync.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/swift.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/tardigrade.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/union.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/webdav.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/yandex.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/zoho.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/i18n
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/i18n/en.toml
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/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/layouts/_default/baseof.html
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/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/layouts/chrome
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/layouts/chrome/menu.html
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/layouts/chrome/navbar.html
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/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/layouts/partials/version.html
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/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/layouts/section/commands.html
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/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/layouts/shortcodes/one_off_donations.html
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/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/layouts/shortcodes/provider_list.html
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/layouts/shortcodes/rem.html
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/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/static/img/ncw-bitcoin-address.png
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/static/img/nick.svg
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References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rclone on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.